CERVICAL LENGTH please check always!!!!

Hello ladies, Just like the rest of you I am sure that when you found out you were having twins you were shocked, happy, excited, overhwhelmed ...a bundle of different emorions. I found out at 6 weeks I was having twins and then at 10 weeks that they were mo/di ! I am now 28w 6d and never thought i would have made it this far!! from worrying about vanishing twin syndrome to ttts... being pregnant with modi twins I spent week 12 to 24 worrying about TTTS  daily!!! as i am sure all modi and momo mummys do and anticipatingly waiting for my two weeks scan to hear the bad news.. at my 22 week scan they said that the fluids were slightly higher for twin 2 but in the normal range for now but when i got to my 24 week scan i was waiting for bad news regarding the ttts as i had shortness of breath and feeling extremely uncomfortable and heaviness for the most part two weeks but still had to chase my two year old around!! They did the 24 week scan and it was all fine!!! i was happy then they had to check my cervix which i wasnt too worried about as I had just never thought about it because i was so focused on the ttts so they did it and i was measuring 1.9cm with bad funnelling !! From then on things went pretty quickly - the specialist told me that they wanted me to stay overnight and get the steroid injections for their lungs so i got one at 2pm which actually stings- the dr came in and spoke about my options as my cervix was weakening and that I could wait it out and see my cervical length tomorrow or have the cervical stitch which could rupture my membranes and make me go into preterm labour so we decided to see what it was like tomorrow -I had another injection at 2am and the severity of the situation hadnt set in yet. The next day I had a scan by the consultant at my cervix had shortened to 0.7cm!!! This is when i got really scared and the Dr's all came in to talk to me about what to do next... they explained that due to my gestation and twin pregnancy getting a stitch isnt usually an option and that they had never actually performed this procedure this late in a twin pregnancy... and of course the chance of my membranes rupturing was very high! They were honest and explained i was in a lose/lose situation and i had a difficult choice to make - if the twins were born they could not care for them at my hospital as they were under 27 weeks, weighting approx 632g and 675g their chance of survival was 50% and the only postive was that i had the steroids. So I decided that I would have the stitch and at 7pm they had me sign a bunch of stuff, prepped me,  - gave me an epidural and drips and tipped me to the trendelenburg position and started the shirodkar stitch- half way they said my membranes had started bulging and asked if i wanted to continue so i told them yes do their best! A lady came in to discuss what would happen now if i went into labour with the twins and i was in there for about an 2 hours!! The surgery was a success and my membranes weren't ruptured- i had my catheter and feet compressors on for that night and was in the trendelenburg position for the next week with my catheter and compressors removed after two days. After lots and lots of different medications to stop contractions and being hooked up to the drip and blood pressure machine and being constipated!!!! It was the worst but best experience as I know how lucky i am to have gotten to where I am now. Still on bed rest at home and stitch is still in place on the day i was released my cervix was at 2.3cm with a smaller amount of funnelling and at my 28 week scan the twins are approx 2lb 13oz and 2lbs 9oz with no sign of ttts thankfully. The message is ladies- i am someone who hates help and thinks i can do it all alone and push myself to the limit! Before i was hospitalised i was doing it all- cooking, cleaning, caring for my very crazy 2 year old, moving, food shopping etc.. i pushed my body too. So i hope all of you lovely ladies make sure you all listen to your bodies and know when enough is enough and not to forget aboutcervix !!!